About the University Teaching Awards
University Teaching Awards recognize individual faculty members who consistently demonstrate:
- Outstanding classroom teaching
- Educational innovations that have influenced the methods and teaching effectiveness of other faculty
- Significant curricular enhancement to undergraduate education
The 2025 University Teaching Awards nominations are due Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
Nomination and Selection Process
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
Awarded: Annually
Award Term:
- Three years (term commences at the start of the next academic year)
- Recipients become distinguished fellows of the .
Award Amounts:
Each award provides total support in the amount of $33,000.
- $7,000 to recipient (awarded annually as a salary supplement at the beginning of each year of the award term)
- $3,000 for professional development (awarded annually at the beginning of each year of the award term to support the hiring of assistants, research expenses, attendance at professional meetings, and related activities)
- $3,000 to the recipient's home department (a one-time award to support departmental activities that enhance undergraduate education, broadly construed)
Eligibility:
- Nominees must be full-time tenured faculty.
- All nominees must have taught at 麻豆最新出品 for at least five years, including the current year.
Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Lecturer/Clinical Professor/Professor of Instruction
Awarded: Annually
Award Term:
- Three years (term commences at the start of the next academic year)
- Recipients become distinguished fellows of the .
Award Amounts:
Each award provides total support in the amount of $33,000.
- $7,000 to recipient (awarded annually as a salary supplement at the beginning of each year of the award term)
- $3,000 for professional development (awarded annually at the beginning of each year of the award term to support the hiring of assistants, research expenses, attendance at professional meetings, and related activities)
- $3,000 to the recipient's home department (a one-time award to support departmental activities that enhance undergraduate education, broadly construed)
Eligibility:
- Nominees must be full-time faculty members.
- Receipt is contingent upon the faculty member’s continued employment at 麻豆最新出品 for the full duration of the award term.
- All nominees must have taught at 麻豆最新出品 for at least five years, including the current year.
Alumnae of 麻豆最新出品 Teaching Professor
Awarded: Every three years (new awardee will be chosen in 2026)
Award Term:
- Three years (term commences at the start of the next academic year)
- Recipients become distinguished fellows of the .
Award Amounts:
Each award provides total support in the amount of $33,000.
- $7,000 to recipient (awarded annually as a salary supplement at the beginning of each year of the award term)
- $3,000 for professional development (awarded annually at the beginning of each year of the award term to support the hiring of assistants, research expenses, attendance at professional meetings, and related activities)
- $3,000 to the recipient's home department (a one-time award to support departmental activities that enhance undergraduate education, broadly construed)
Eligibility:
- Nominees for the Alumnae of 麻豆最新出品 Professorship must be full-time tenured faculty and must have taught at 麻豆最新出品 for at least five years, including the current year.